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Hunting and such....
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Damn that looks like a great time!
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Great "set up" there Andy ... how do you extract the Deer and Hogs ? Do you use the 4X4 or have you got some sort of drag bag for the bike?
I have fancied using a bike but the carcass extraction has always had me needing a Quad ... at least for the heavier Red/Sika Deer ... Roe can fit fine in my Roe Sack ... but if you have a system you use for the Bike I would love to know what you do ... a bike would be a lot more able to deal with the narrower forest trails :thumbup:
Also, what is the loop of cord around the fore end for on the rifle ? Do you use it to anchor the rifle on sticks ? Pic's would again be interesting to see what you do :thumbup:
Looks to have been a great week! Over here the price of Venison would mean your trip would be comfortably covered with 14 Deer
I have fancied using a bike but the carcass extraction has always had me needing a Quad ... at least for the heavier Red/Sika Deer ... Roe can fit fine in my Roe Sack ... but if you have a system you use for the Bike I would love to know what you do ... a bike would be a lot more able to deal with the narrower forest trails :thumbup:
Also, what is the loop of cord around the fore end for on the rifle ? Do you use it to anchor the rifle on sticks ? Pic's would again be interesting to see what you do :thumbup:
Looks to have been a great week! Over here the price of Venison would mean your trip would be comfortably covered with 14 Deer
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Wonderful photos of some great times--thanks, Andy! :thumbup:
What's the deepest water you've forded with the snorkel breather/exhaust system on your SUV (Toyota?) Is it theoretically good to depths just below the port at the top or is the engine air intake standard?
What's the deepest water you've forded with the snorkel breather/exhaust system on your SUV (Toyota?) Is it theoretically good to depths just below the port at the top or is the engine air intake standard?
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Absolutely amazing!
Awesome pics of an amazing country.
I hope I can see it in person one day as well
Thanks for sharing.
Awesome pics of an amazing country.
I hope I can see it in person one day as well
Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks guys.... 
It was a great week but only a week sadly. I actually grew up just south of the place in the pics and this was how we spend most weekends... you can imagine how hard it is on someone like me to live in the bloody city.... 
As for the meat, normally (well with the deer) we try and recover as much as is possible. At worst I will take the hind quarters and back straps. These I can stuff in my pack and get back to the truck or bike or quad. Sadly this trip was a little different. The deer have had two really good seasons (2011 and 12) but prior to rains about a month ago the run into this year was poor. It means LOTS of deer appeared down in view on open hillsides and some small crops). Basically the company that runs the property at the moment said that if we did not control the numbers they were going to put a helicopter (with a shooter out the side) over the property. At least with us doing it we have some control over where we shoot and what gets taken. There chopper will just kill anything that is not a cow !!!!! Hogs get left where they fall, out here they carry a couple of nasty bugs that make me less inclined to eat them, though one I guy I hunt with makes sure he always takes some home and then feeds it to me on the next trip ...!!!!!
Peter, I prefer a two wheeler to a quad, if you break down a deer I can get the most usable on a bike, more so for Sika than a Red though...!!!!
That little look of Hootchie Cord is a safety backup to the sling stud (and really harks back to the days of timber stocks). If hunting in the mountains and carrying your rifle slung and the front swivel base pulls free the rifle will take a long arc to the ground connecting either barrel or scope first. If the rear stud pulls free it will normally drop right down butt first. The loop at the front mitigates the worse of the two. been doing that for 30 years and it is a habit that is hard to break ...
Will, I have had water at the hood level on this truck, I really should have had a blind on to do that but I dropped into a hole 1/2 way through a crossing, but we just kept going (the Croc warning signs nearby are a great incentive NOT to get stuck). I have seen TLCs swam deeper than I ever have but I am myself not inclined to do so. The high intake is just as useful to mitigate dust intake as water..!!
It was a great week but only a week sadly. I actually grew up just south of the place in the pics and this was how we spend most weekends... you can imagine how hard it is on someone like me to live in the bloody city.... As for the meat, normally (well with the deer) we try and recover as much as is possible. At worst I will take the hind quarters and back straps. These I can stuff in my pack and get back to the truck or bike or quad. Sadly this trip was a little different. The deer have had two really good seasons (2011 and 12) but prior to rains about a month ago the run into this year was poor. It means LOTS of deer appeared down in view on open hillsides and some small crops). Basically the company that runs the property at the moment said that if we did not control the numbers they were going to put a helicopter (with a shooter out the side) over the property. At least with us doing it we have some control over where we shoot and what gets taken. There chopper will just kill anything that is not a cow !!!!! Hogs get left where they fall, out here they carry a couple of nasty bugs that make me less inclined to eat them, though one I guy I hunt with makes sure he always takes some home and then feeds it to me on the next trip ...!!!!!
Peter, I prefer a two wheeler to a quad, if you break down a deer I can get the most usable on a bike, more so for Sika than a Red though...!!!!
That little look of Hootchie Cord is a safety backup to the sling stud (and really harks back to the days of timber stocks). If hunting in the mountains and carrying your rifle slung and the front swivel base pulls free the rifle will take a long arc to the ground connecting either barrel or scope first. If the rear stud pulls free it will normally drop right down butt first. The loop at the front mitigates the worse of the two. been doing that for 30 years and it is a habit that is hard to break ...
Will, I have had water at the hood level on this truck, I really should have had a blind on to do that but I dropped into a hole 1/2 way through a crossing, but we just kept going (the Croc warning signs nearby are a great incentive NOT to get stuck). I have seen TLCs swam deeper than I ever have but I am myself not inclined to do so. The high intake is just as useful to mitigate dust intake as water..!!
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Some stray pics I just edited....
As the weather warmed up and the creek subsided it did indeed become a nice place to cool sore feet..!!!
A sunset snapped as I was unpacking the bike one evening...
And the creek looking a little inviting as the temps went up...!!!!
As the weather warmed up and the creek subsided it did indeed become a nice place to cool sore feet..!!!
A sunset snapped as I was unpacking the bike one evening...
And the creek looking a little inviting as the temps went up...!!!!